Over the last few weeks, mountain lion sightings in North Texas have been on the rise. A mountain lion was spotted near Lake Dallas on Oct. 27. A few days later, on Nov. 1, another was spotted in Frisco. On Nov. 8, a mountain lion sighting was reported in Plano.

For the third time in the past few weeks, a rare mountain lion sighting has been reported in North Texas. On Tuesday, city officials in Plano shared security footage of a mountain lion strolling through what appears to be a neighborhood alley around 2:30 a.

The City of Plano said in a Facebook post that biologists with the TPWD confirmed security camera footage of a mountain lion in Plano on Friday, November 8. Before that, TPWD confirmed mountain lion sightings in Lake Dallas on October 27 and Frisco on November 1.

A mountain lion was caught on a resident's security camera Friday in north Plano, third sighting in North Texas in last three weeks.

Mountain lion sightings are rare in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to state wildlife officials, but the last few weeks seem to challenge that notion. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed the third mountain lion sighting in North Texas in less than a month — this time in Collin County.

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Another mountain lion has been spotted in North Texas, this time walking down the alley of a Plano neighborhood.

North Texas' biggest feline was spotted for a third time on security camera footage, this time in Plano, wilderness officials confirmed. The mountain lion was likely passing through and will not stay in the area for an extended amount of time,